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The SAFER Banking Act is trying to address dual legality of cannabis laws between the federal government and the 38 states that have some form of legal cannabis.

About the president's reaction to being a change agent. >> the big currents of history are things that you can adjust only slightly. that's the way he is seeing it, and as i was leaving the oval office at one point, we've been discussing the great man theory of history, whether great men and women effect history, or do currents of history effect things more, and he said, you know, i'm glad that the president of the united states cannot completely transform american society. >> what's your reaction to that and whether this is as important to some as other issues but whether we'll have a real an...

Perspective it's far worse because a small portion of society is being punished more so than everyone else. those are the president's critiques. >> you bring up a good point that ben i want your reaction. when the president talked about his reasoning and where he is on the marijuana debate he said this in part. let's throw this up on the screen. he said middle class kids don't get locked up for smoking pot and poor kids do and african-american kids and latino kids are more like try to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties. >> i don't have...

Person up through a big chunk of my adult life. i don't think it's more dangerous than alcohol. what was your first thought, mark, when you read this what the president said? >> i said duh? i thought everybody knew that. this is not a big deal. the president made a comment that many people know that most people understand as a collective understanding but awesome to hear a sitting president concede this point. to be clear he wasn't saying it's good just that it's no worse than alcohol. >> do you think it was an important step in the marijuana debate or do you think people are paying attention ...

And today is the first week ever where women cannot be discriminated against on their health care just because they're women. it's the first time 129 million americans can't be discriminated against because of preexisting conditions. i'm proud of it and it's worth it for the people. >> gene sperling, thank you very much. jim cramer, continued success for the book. thank you all for being here. up next, who is right about it? >> this is going to destroy the best health care system in the world. >> millions of americans, despite problems with the website, are not poised to be covered by qualit...